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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-09

New-Orleans was the first ca pital Of
Louisiana; but in 1S47 the capital
was transferred to Baton Rouge. In
the war the capitol buildings at Bat.
on Rouge were destroyed by FIRE and
the seat OF government was trans.
ferred back to New. Orleans, where it
remained until 1880, when Baton
Rouge again became the capital, and
1t remains so at present.
John A. Williams OF California, has
given to charity over $780, 900, and
he now says that II he had his life to
live over again he would let the poor
and thspublic take care OF themselves.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-09
Heal Estate Transfer.

8. G. Worthington and wife to
Simpson & Clark, 80 by 33 feet mile
northeast of the courthouse, $3.50.
w. B. .Vestal and wife to S. A.
Doughty, 210 by 100 feet, mile and
three-quarters west of the city, $1,000.
Nancy B. Daily to 7. b. McCurdy,
an acre and a half of the Rawlins
tract, $51.
John NJ, Bardy b. and John b,
Park to -, lots 1 and 2, block
+, $1,000.
Il. M. Cockrell to Tcxas State Farm
srs' Alliance, lots !, 2 and 5, block 3S.
old town plot, 81, and further con-
siderations that the Farmers Alliance
will erect building to cost not less
than $4,000, by the LIST of January
1887, to be used as a headquarters and
exchange, and that the headquarters
shall be located in Dallas, it being also
understood that in case the Alliance
fails to comply with these conditions
the property shall revert to f. M.
Cockrell for the benefit OF the con-
tributors for the purchase of the
property.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-09
"UntoId Agony from Catarrh.,

Prof. W. HAUsEER, the famous mesmerist.
of Ithaca, ". Y, writes: "Some ten years ago
] suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up as
incurable, and said | must die. My case was
such a bad one, that every day, towards sun
set, my voice would become so hoarse / could
barely speak above whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. by the use of DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, In three months, was u well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-09

II feel so miserable again this morn
ing" said a complaining wife. eyes, Z"
replied her exasperated husbann, "you
wouldn't be happy II you weren't mis-
cradle all the time. "-Harper's Bazaar
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-09
Please Remember.

1t is Jones who comedies Superiority to
no man in the State in filling teeth. Those
artistic and beautiful gold filling in teeth
Of his patients attest his skill. Fees suffi-
Gent to justify that extreme painstakng
and skill requisite to the best results. See
an
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-09
Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS, Runydn p. o., Columbia Co.,
Pa, says: "My daughter had catarrh when
she was FIVE years old, very badly. l saw DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured bottle for her, and soon saw that it
helped her; a third bottle effected a perma-
nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and
sound and hearty"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-09

Gumbo file and fine Mexican coffee just
arrived ut Bouche's grocery store.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-09

SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.-Dull,
heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal
passages, discharges falling from the head
into the throat, sometimes profuse, wntcry,
and acrid, ut Others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
purulent bloody and putrid; the eyes are
weak, watery, and inflamcd; there is ringing
in the ears, deafness, hacking or coughing 10
clear the throat, expectoration of offensive
matter, together with scabs from ulcers; the
voice is changed and has u nasal twang; the
breath Ia offensive; smell and taste are i'm
paired; there is n sensation of dizziness with
mental depression, hacking cough and gen.
eral debility. Only n few of tho above-namcd
symptoms are likely to be present in any one
case. Thousands of cases annually, wthou.
manifcsting half of the above symptoms, re-
suit in consumption, and end in the grave.
No disease Is so common, more deceptive and
dangerous. or less understood by physicians.
by its mild, soothing, and healing properties,
DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
cases Of Catarrh, "cOld In the head"
COryza, and Catarrhal Headache.
Sold by druggists everywhere; 50 cents,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-09
HUNTSVILLE
Female College.
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.

Thirty-eighth Session begins Wednesday,
September, 7, 1887. A desirable school for
your daughters in all Departments of Fe-
male Education. Supplied with new Instru-
ments, fine Apparatus, and full Faculty.
Charges reasonable. For Catalogues and
terms, apply to
A. Is. JONES. ID. D., l.. l.. d., President.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28
y. n. 1871 n =
YOU CAN'T DO 1T.

yYou can't make money SC long," as
you scratch over thirty acres of land;
teiget a yield which should be produced
ON ten acres @
You can't make money on cotton,
which you are forced to sell at eight
cents, if it cost you twelve cents to
produce it. You can't make money
ION tobacco by selling it at four cents
per pound if it costs you eight cents
to produce it.
You can't make money by buying
commercial fertilizers to use alone on
poor land. You can't make money
by impoverishing your lands.
You can't improve your lands, by
taking away from them every year,
and give them nothing in return.
You can't make money if you buy
all your meat, corn, -four, hay and fer
t~ilizers, no matter how rich your lands
may be.
You can't MAINTAIN your credit nor
your own self-respect, if you become
the slave of the chattel mortgage or
crop-lien system.
You can't buy on a credit as cheap
ly as for cash.
You can't get relief from the press
ure< of hard times, except through
proper economy and industry. ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28

moved one. good crop and fed to them
leaving the second crop to plow undar
for crop food. When c%ontinualIv
grazed. upon, the tender plants, beins
daily nipped by the cattle, and bruised
by their hoofs, spend much of Their
force trying to heal the wounds thus
so frequently made.
Much damage is also done the land
by being %trampled closely when verv
wet, rendering the surface quite com
pact and incapable of absorbing much
valuable material from the air. Nv
experience is that one acre of clover
cut and carried o'the stable, will keen
two COWS in better condition than #
will one COW grazinguponit. Besides
the quantity of valuable manure that
can be accumulated from two COWS.
well fed, and carefully attended to
with an abundance of bedding, is
worth the feed Of one COW, which is
largely lost by grazing. So, I really
get three cows feed by cutting and
feeding at the stable, where I would
get but one by grazing. Try it, and
you will not much, clover after
ward. 80 OLD GUILFoRD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28

and they will exclude ablow-hards,
"moss-backs" andpolitical demagogues,
and, will address themselves ito the
great living issues which, confront the
farmers of the South, and w~hl>grapple
with these questions manfully and CON
scientiously, no movement has been IN
stitutedin the South in the past quar-
ter of a century, SO fraughtwith grand
and hopeful possibilities. BY all
means let the farmers throughout our
State and the whole South respond
promptly and most 81 heartily to the sug-
gestion, and let them see, to it that
they are fully represented. Let, them
search diligently. for the causes of
the present ruinous depression in all
branches of agriculture, and finding
them, let them apply the remedy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28
SOME THING ABOUT THE COST
OF FENCES.

What will wire fencing cost me per
mile? And what. is the cost of a lawful
rail fence per mile !?
HiNs6oro, N. c., April Is, 1887.
Answer lst-Your fence should be
three wires. Your posts should be
twelve feet apart. It will require 49,
$40 feet of wire 1920 staples and 44O
posts. The wire will weigh l,056
pounds, at 6 cents per pound, $63.36;
100 staples to the pound, ID pounds,
at 10 cents per pound, $l.4O. Esti-
mate the cost of your posts and add
to this and you will have the answer
to your question.
In selecting your wire, avoid the
kinds which have long and Jagged
barbs. 1t is dangerous. We have
known several valuable animals ruined
by running against it.
Answer 2d-In your section, a good
rail fence, built as our law requires,
will cost about $105 per mile. Ordi-
narily, in the central section of our
State, the repairs to fences every ten
years, is equivalent to building a new
one. There are thousands on thou
sands of acres being cleared; and
fenced in our u State every winter,
which if sold after it is fenced, would
not bring the cost of the fencing.
These are practical questions which
might well come into the discussions
in our farmers clubs. -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28
OUR

t
The real estate boom that is going on
in certain sections reminds us of the
effusion that is going the rounds after
this fashion: "Tell menot in mourn
fnl numbers that the town is full OF
gloom, for the mans a crank who
slumbers in these days of boom. Life
IS real, life is earnest, and the grave
is not its goal, every dollar that thou
turnest helps to make the old town
roll. But enjoyment and not sorrow
is u destined end or way; if you
have no money, borrow-buy a corner
lot each day! Lives of great men all
remind us we can win immortal fame:
let us leave the chums behind us and
we'll get there just the same. In this
worlds broad field of battle, in the
bivouac of life, let us make the dry
bones rattle-buy a corner lot for
wifel Let us then be up and doing,
with a heart for any fate, still achiey,
Ing, still pursuing, booming early,
booming late"
Subscribe to PRoaREssp1vE FARMER,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28
[For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
DON'T PASTURE YOUR CLOVER
:. LOT.

When once you get a good set
Of clover oh a piece Of land, you
may make that piece rich, by iu-
dicious management, with very little
additional expense. But it. as soon
as it is large enough for a calf to bite
it, you turn stock upon it, and keep
itIgrazed closely all summer, instead
of improving your dot, you have i'm
~poyershed it, and at tie same time
you have not realized one half the
benefit from. it you would have done,
had.you kept the stock Of, and had
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28
THE SOUTHERN FARMERS CON.
.<,/ GRESS.

Georgia, through q large meeting of
her. farmers in Atlanta, a few days
ago, calls for an encampmentlof far
e at Atlanta on the goth of Sep
TENDER next. They, ask that one far
mer from each county in the following
States be appointed; Texas, Louisiana,
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Ten
nessee, Florida, Georgia, North Caro-
lima and South Carolina. This is an
enlargement Of the plan suggested
early last summer for an encampment
Of Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina and Tennessee. Ifit be com.
posed of truly representative farmers
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28
NORTH CAROLINAiAS SEEN
4 ABROAD. =

Big progress has been made in
North Carolina this winter. The
Legislature has established the state
college of agriculture and mechanic
arts as an independent institution near
Raleigh. The[ Irrational agricultural
college fund of $685. 600, yielding
81, 500 per annum, which has heretofore
gone to the State university, is to be
transferred to the college. The board
of agriculture is instructed to turn
over to the institution funds and prob
erty to the amount of $25, 600, which
have accumulated in its hands for an
industrial school. The board is al
lowed 100000 year for it's own ex-
pences, and surplus ~receits, which
vary from $4,000 to 500, 600, shall
be paid over to the agricultural college.
The state experiment and fertilizer
control station have also been connect
ed with the college, and it's $1,000
worth If property may be combined
Herewith. The $4,000 per annum
accruing to the state under the con-
ditions Of the Hatch act is to be wholly
expended for the benefit of the expert
ment station. A tract of 800 acres
near by is devoted to the college, but
this does not include the experiment
farm proper. Provisions ale made for
@dmitting 40 students free Of tuition
to the college, and every student is
required to take a course of manual
training or labor. The board of agri-
culture is also instructed to hold farm
ers' Institutes in every county. North
Carolina has thus established a purely
agricultural college, abundantly
equipped and in charge of the board
of agriculture with an assured income
of from $22,O 600 to $4,000, besides
the experiment station provided with
abundant means. In other words, the
tax upon fertilers-amounting to some
$40, 900 which the farmers pay, and
half of which has heretofore been
turned into the general treasury-is
hereafter to be applied for the benefit
of those who paid the tax by being
donated to the agricultural college. 1t
certainly is a glorious contamination OF
the farmers desires, and we are assured
by those best informed hat it could
not have been accomplished without
the aid Of the Hatch act for the estab-
lishment Of agricultural experiment
stations. We are glad to know that
our successful efforts in behalf of that
act have enabled North Carolina farm
ers to establish such a splendid insti-
tuition. 1t is also pleasant to know
that the efforts of the Farm and Home
are appreciated in the good old North
State. > ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
It's Method of Electing it's Commits
sioner.

S1oner.
On the l4th inst. this paper ven-
tured, as the organ Of the Farmers
Association of the State, to submit
some suggestions to>the Board of Ag-
riculture, touching the important mat
ter of its action in the selection of a
Commissioned. Among other things,
it said:
Without the slightest intention of
rejecting on the character or fitness
of any member Of the Board, we are
frank to say, that the election of any
member to the position would, in u
judgment, be of very doubtful policy
and propriety, unless his fitness and
qualifications are ~confessedly and pre-
eminently of the highest order.
We meal to say that if among the
great body of agriculturists in the
: State men can be found who are
equally qualified, it would be the part
of prudence and wisdom to make the
selection from among them.
At all events, we trust that the
members of the Board will come to-
gether, free and untrammeled by any
pledges to each other, and that their
action will be characterized by such
broad and liberal patriotism that no
one can justly charge that it is ga
family affair"
We know whereof we speak when
We say that very great~and important
interests depend on the selection Of
the right man for Commissioner
Again, we said with reference to
/ this Office: io~-.
e. We hope and believe that the Board,
I comprehending the great Importance
iof this peculiarly responsible position,
will lay aside all personal preferences
(if any there beg and will be governed
solely by the highest considerations Of
duty to the people of the State.
We were careful in these u~tterances
to avoid all reference to the fitness or
qualifications of any member of the
Board, for the position, nor will we
do so now. The sentiments and views
expressed in the articles referred to
were received with unqualified ap-
lproval and endorsement, SO far as we
have been able to-. learn. Especially
was the view that the: Commissioner
should not be selected from the mem
1bers of the Board, endorsed unequivo-
Ically by every one with whom we con-
,yersed-except, perhaps, one or two
Imembers of the Board. 1a
But the Board regarded it in a diff
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28
H CROSS MARK.

The cross mark on your paper indicates
that the time for which you subscribed
has or is about to expire. It is to give
notice so your subscription may be re-
newed: If the subscription be not re-
newed, the name will be dropped.from
the list, but we want every one to renew
and bring a friend along too.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28
service to the advancement of the i'm
portant work which is committed to
Commissioner Robinson. /" -

- ~ F.'~ ~t'f -
- - 1s - :,
WHERE IS THE, WRONG AND
i WHAT is 9IHE REMEDY 80
49, = CO.
There is something radically wrong
in our industrial system. There is a
screw loose. The wheels have dropped
out Of balance.
The railroads have never; been so
prosperous, and yet agriculture Ian
,guishes. The banks have eve done
a better or. a more, profitable business,
and yet agriculture langpishes: Manu-
featuring, enterprises never made more
money or. were in a more fourishing
condition, and yet agriculture Ian
'guishes. Spectators and incorpora-
ons never accumulated fortunes
more rapidly, and agriculture Ian
.guishes. Towns and cities flourish
and "boom" and grow and "boom,"
and yet agriculture languishes. Salaries
and fees were never SO temptingly
high and desirable, and yet agriculture
languishes. A city editor visits n
of our fourishing towns. 1t is sup
ported by'"a splendid back country"
The town should be a fair criterion by
which to judge of the general con-
dition of the country supporting it.
He sees magnificent commercial blocks
and buildings going up on the streets
and The merchants are busy
the farmers are rushing to and fro,
trading and loading beautiful cot
tages r going up n-the suburbs. He
is inspired by this splendid show of
prosperity and writes to his home
paper" this is a magnificent country.
It is on a rushing "boom and the
town paper copies his letter without a
word of comment, and with compla-
cent satisfaction.
The city editor looked at the pleas
ant but delusive surface. He did not
get into the "true inwardness of the
situation. He did not interview the
register of deeds and find. huge piles
Of mortgages and liens-he failed to
stroll out on some leading road, in the
morning, and see these farmers wag-
ons coming into the town empty, and
ee them going out loaded with bay,
fertilizers, corn, meat, -four. and ship
stuf-he did not ascertain that the
beautiful cottages were being erected
by farmers who had left comfortable
homes and good farms and had "come
to town to educate their children"
The PiHsboro Home says old and
young men are leaving their farms
and are going to the towns. That ait
is a sad fact that most of the signs of
success and prosperity are confined to
our towns and villages. The Meas
and Observer "~rejoices in the progress
of various towns throughout the State"
"From every quarter comes reports Of
city booms." Our worthy contempt
rary sees the languishing condition of
of agriculture and ascribes it largely
to the robbing of the people by taxa
ton under the form of law. This is
true, but if the towns, railroads, man
ufactures, banks and all speculative
enterprises flourish so prosperously
and agriculture languishes under the
same laws imposing these taxes, this
is but another proof that something is
radically wrong The farmers are be-
ginning to realize it, ard they propose
to institute an investigation with the
view of finding a remedy. Where is
the wrong and what is the remedy?
THE SOUTHERN FARMERS CON-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28
N. c., APRIL %, 1887

r THis paper entered as second class matter at tie Post
Office in Raleigh, N. Cl
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28
ENDORSED BLYTHE CONVEN-
TON. - n.a

The following resolution was passed by
the Farmers Mass Convention in Raleigh,
January 26th, 1887:
Resozued, That THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, pub
,lished by L. L. Polk, Winston. N. c., be declared
the Official Organ of the North Carolina Farmers
Association, and that it's Editor, L. L. Polk, be adj
mitted to the privileges of the floor as an honorary
member of this Convention.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-28

H7We ask every Grange and Farm
:ers' Club in the State to send us at once,
the number of members in the organiza-
ton, together with the name and post
Office address of each officer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

carefully. Presi- LIEUT.. woRDEN.
dent Lincoln visited him, and wept at
sight Of the blinded hero who had done SO
much. The gallant officer finally recovered
his sight Nobody else in the Monitor was
hurt.
The Minnesota had been terribly shattered.
A shot from the Merrimac had exploded the
boiler of the tug Dragon, scalding several
men, The Minnesota, by throwing over
board some guns and other heavy articles,
and by attaching several more tugs to pull
and strain at her, got out of her mud bed
Monday morning and went up under the
shelter of Fortress Monroe.
In the two days fighting the Federal
forces lost nearly 400 men and two valuable
ships: the Confederate forces lost thirteen
men, The Monitor was struck with shot
twenty-five times. one of which damaged the
pilot house somewhat. The Merrimac'S long
iron bow had been twisted when she ran into
the Cumberland Two of her guns were
broken, her smoke and steam pipes and flag
staff were shot away and as she steamed up
Norfolk bay it was seen that she sagged at
the stern.
''But what did the Monitor and Merrmac
do next!' They never came together again."
said the gray bearded captain. "They watched
around there good while, the Merrimac pro-
tecting Norfolk and the mouth of the James,
the Monitor protecting the Chesapeake. Once
in a while each one would come out and
scream around with her steam whistle awhile
mighty sassy pretending to challenge. But
if the other seemed likely to take it up that
one backed off in hurry One was afraid
and the other dassentn
The Merrimac was destroyed i'll May fol-
lowing by her own commander. Josiah Tat
nall, to prevent her from falling into Federal
hands. The Monitor foslndered in gale off
Cape Hatteras, the last day of the year 1862
and was lost
The fight of the Merrimac and Monitor has
taken its place as one of the great naval en-
gagements of the world
The employment of vessels wholly aruored
with iron revolutionized sea warfare.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12
WORK MORE AND "HOLLER'
LESS
ST. Martiusyille Messenger.

4 large number of our exchanges are
quitting away and praisng Gen. F. I.
Nichols as the most available candl-
date for Governor in 1888. We have
not the least doubt that Gen. Nichols
is the most available man and has
remarkable standing record, but time
has demonstrated that the record OF Il
man has not the least show before
convention, and it seems to us that 1t
would be far better and wiser for the
newspapers to puff little less and 90
TO work and organize clubs in every
parish, in order to elect delegates who
would support the candidacy of Gen
Nichols before the nominating cOnven-
ton, and not depend on the good
record of the gentleman, and expect
him to carry Il convention composed of
supporters and favOrites of Gov. Nc
Emery. The influence of the ring is
too strong to expect a delegation III
favor of Gov. Nichols, unless his sup
D0rters would take the field and elect
their own delegates, and it would, per
haps, be wise to pledge these delegates,
as the will OF the people is not consult
ed before conventions. 1t was rum0red
not long ago that Lieut.. Gov. Knob
lOch had boasted of having in his hands
the working of the next Democratic
convention. Now, gentlemen, what
does this mean